'Hundreds' fear air thrombosis
Hundreds of people have contacted a Melbourne law firm about deep-vein thrombosis, the dangerous condition linked recently to long flights.A spokesman for Slater and Gordon said last night that
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Pollution plaintiffs to appeal for apology, wider redress
Plaintiffs of a Nagoya (Japan) air pollution suit will appeal the recent Nagoya District Court ruling because defending companies have not apologized to them and they claim the number of plaintiffs
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Agreement touts ban on 12 toxic chemicals
Negotiators for 122 countries reached an agreement yesterday for a global ban on 12 highly toxic chemicals after extending a final U.N. summit on the issue into a seventh day with all-night
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Region to get lion's share of reserves
Three countries - South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique - are set to create a giant 40,000 sq km conservation park : a
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RAKUB takes up massive 5-yr farming project
The Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (RAKUB) has undertaken a five year term farming project in the 16 districts of norther region of Bangladesh, at a cost of Taka 27
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Brussels' trade plan for world's poor may change
The European Commission is expected to amend its plan to eliminate trade restrictions on almost all imports from the world's poorest countries, because of strong objections from European agricultural
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Park reptiles fall prey to politics in Kerala
The judiciary came to the rescue of the reptiles, animals and birds captured by the Kerala conservator of forests (wildlife) from the Parassinkikadav Snake Park. But by the time relief came, a few
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Italian tanker raises fears of pollution disaster
The sinking of an Italian tanker carrying 6000 tonnes of toxic chemicals off the French coast near Britain's Channel Islands has raised fears of a second environmental catastrophe on the Brittany
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Babbitt signs Red Rock Canyon plan
-- Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt signed one of the nation's largest habitat conservation plans Wednesday in an attempt to protect threatened species while allowing development in the fast-growing
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Environment may enter corporate equation
An Environment Agency advisory committee in Japan has drafted a plan that would provide a standard for companies in gauging their environmental performance and that could then be used as a yardstick
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'Green India' needs Rs. 4,600 cr. annually
The National Planning Commission has mooted a Green India Fund, to be mobilised by pooling in domestic and external sources to promote agro-forestry and joint forest management(JFM)
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Govt rejects health system ranking
Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang says a World Health Organisation (WHO) report which rates South Africa's public health system among the worst in the world is not accurate. The WHO survey,
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Brick-kiln owners violate stipulation on chimneys
In spite of the Centre's order and the Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA)'s repeated requests to the brick kiln owners in the state to install fixed chimneys of 30 metres height, the owners are
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Import of GM seeds on the rise
The threat of genetically modified (GM) foods may have irked the NGOs and farmers organisations but Indian companies continue to buy more than $2 million worth of fruit and vegetable seeds from the
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South Gujarat University develops new organic compound
From classrooms to inventing organic compounds displaying anti-AIDs characteristics, the chemistry department of the South Gujarat University (SGU) is making waves both nationally and
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Dal Lake shirnkng due to pollution
The picturesque water of the Dal Lake in Kashmir, which draws tourists from the world over, is being stripped of its himmering beauty and is shrinking in size, with the routine dumping of waste and
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Aventis says no link between Regent and bee deaths
European chemicals giant Aventis yesterday denied any link between its pesticide Regent and a mystery illness which has devastated the bee population in parts of France. Aventis CropScience France,
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Green police to check effluent discharge in UP
The Uttar Pradesh government has "with immediate effect" set up an "environment surveillance squad" to ensure that industrial units do not discharge untreated or insufficiently treated effluent into
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Pollution clearance for IOC projects
The Haryana State Pollution Control Board has issued no objection certificate to Indian Oil Corporation(IOC) to set up its three ambitious projects at an estimated cost of Rs. 10,000 crores near
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Pak. to set up board on nuclear waste
The Pakistan Government is setting up a nuclear regulatory board for disposal of nuclear waste, according to the Federal Minister for Environment and Local Government, Mr. Omar Asghar